Handwriting pens for left handed child

cross post with previous post there,

plus I forgot a word:
still worrying that you will send your child to secondary school with...

I see in the OP you mention the erasable pens - yes the Frixion pens are good for left handed people and don't smudge, but most schools don't allow them (ink fades in bright sunlight, heat etc - I once ironed a sheet of my son's work that was crumped at the bottom of his bag and made all the handwriting disappear - you have to put it in the freezer then to make it come back) -> many schools don't allow them.

(still worrying that you will send your child to school with primary school Berol handwriting pens)

Frixion pens

I think your best bet is to go to a specialist pen shop or Left hand shop and let him try different pens.

www.anythinglefthanded.co.uk/acatalog/child_left_handed_pens.html

Nobody in adulthood uses a god damn fountain pen.

I do, I have several.

@Carycy - of course adults use fountain pens. I do, every day. My son is a leftie and he used Lamy left handed fountain pens.

I have a left handed DC in sixth form and must have tried every biro recommended for lefties that exists.

Do not buy any type of 'junior' pen for your DC in secondary unless you want him to stand out to the mean kids.

Yellow barrel fine Bics and the similar yellow barrel fine 0.3 Staedtler bog standard biros don't smudge and are great for left-handed people and don't look unusual to the school mean kids. Actually the 0.3 Staedtlers are probably finest and least likely to smudge but Bic also OK.

Can buy boxes of them on Amazon (they will lose them/lend them and not get back/have them nicked etc).

For more expensive, there are jetstream fine pens, but the yellow barrel bics and Staedlters are just as good.

You can also get good non-babyish left-handed scissors on Amazon, think the brand is Westcott 5 inch will fit inside pencil case and look normal to the other kids.

I have just purchased several different pens recommended on line for left handed people. After testing a few (by trying to smudge them) we found gelocity in black were the best for my left hander. I didn’t buy the blue or red so no idea what they are like.

£3 wilkos was the cheapest I found www.wilko.com/en-uk/bic-gelocity-quick-dry-assorted-3-pack/p/0505037

Who knew it was such a big deal!! As a left hander from a family of left handers and left handed DC, my advice would be chill out !!

We are all functioning adults with professional jobs and strangely enough we all write with PENS!! Just bog standard biros. And yes I did use a fountain pen at school, and yes I did have a permanent stained hand where I had leaned on the page.

Seriously though, don't make it such a big deal. Kids use a keyboard so much more these days so neat handwriting isn't such a big thing. Although I am not ashamed to say that I have lovely handwriting , even though me and my siblings spent our childhood being called "cackhanded" by our dear departed Grandpa

We use the left handed stabio easy handwriting pens in our primary - these were recommended to us by a mum who had found one for her left handed son (who also had a few fine motor skill issues). She asked if he could use it in school and it improved his handwriting so much we got a few in for other left handers.

It’s a shame he can’t use the pencils if that’s what make it easier for him. I wasted loads of time making my left handed writing beautiful; I wish I’d spent the time learning interesting things instead.

www.tts-group.co.uk/wishbone-grip-penagain-pencil-4pk/1004749.html#

This site has boxes of pens.

Dunno about this wishbone pencil, think it’s designed to support pencil hold.

DS is a leftie and gets on best with Pelikan Twist rollerballs.

I’ve recently purchased Swash Komfigrip pens for my left handed child. He really likes them, not used at school yet but hoping they’ll be good as no smudging at home.

Another vote for the Lamy left-handed fountain pen (not me, but my daughter).

There is an angled pen called a yoropen
That my son used to use. Dyslexic and a lefty.

My left-handed teen uses Lamy left-handed fountain pens

I'm LH and write with a fountain pen. I tilt the paper and tend to hold the pen nib above where my hand rests on the page. It takes years of practice though. Still can't unlock a door but that's a whole other problem!

Paper at a 45° angle sorts the problem. Can't believe primary teachers aren't teaching this as standard.

I’m left handed and don’t have a problem with ordinary biros. I just position my hand below the writing so I don’t smudge it.

My DC is a leftie. Learned to use a pen with a Lamy left handed fountain pen. Years later, still the pen of choice and manages not to smudge.

Fountain pens are less popular these days, but are still an option to consider.

My left handed son likes those pilot pens too

I too am left handed, another vote for Ink Joy pens, they are the best.

LH fountain pen nibs didn't help me at all as the nib was bent to the left and would scratch if you drew a line going left (say when crossing a t) as left handers are wont to do. It would scratch or even splatter. For an inkpen I used Shaeffer (sp?) pens which had a nib that would mould to your writing so they weren't left or right handed. It did mean no one could borrow your pen though.